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Summary: In a change of pace, Ecuadorâs runoff presidential election brought conservative businessman Guillermo Lasso to office. But the countryâs election also offers some lessons about broader trends in Latin American politics.
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The surprise victory of Guillermo Lasso, a conservative businessman, over the left-wing economist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador’s presidential election marks a remarkable turnaround by a candidate who nearly failed to make it into the runoff, obtaining merely 32,000 votes more than the third-place candidate, Yaku Pérez Guartambel. The result points to five major takeaways.
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